Chapter 369: Three Plans
When he heard that, Xuan Ke sighed.
Before this, he had never been involved in a large-scale war and he couldn’t help but feel a little depressed.
"Those multicoloured light balls are too dangerous. We need to figure out what they are." Bing Lan said with a frown on her face.
"The only way is to capture some disciples of the Death Flower Ascension Front and interrogate them." Yang Xu said.
"It’s difficult but it’s the only way." Bing Lan agreed.
After that, Xuan Ke retreated to replenish his qi and soul power while Yang Xu, Bing Lan, and Li Futian left the ancient palace.
"From what Junior Xuan said, there should be close to six hundred people who survived the attack. I don’t know if they can make their way here..."
"It won’t be easy to get here." Li Futian said with a solemn look in his eyes.
Xuan Ke was lucky because he had directional talismans and could directly make his way to the allied camp.
However, others may not have this luck.
In that case, they could only fly towards the camp which would leave them vulnerable to enemy attacks.
With such thoughts in mind, Yang Xu sighed before speaking.
"We will be lucky if one-quarter of the six hundred manage to come back."
"The worst-case scenario is if the survivors turn traitors and become our enemies." Bing Lan said and the other two fell silent.
Under normal circumstances, they wouldn’t wish for the death of their allies.
However, if the alternative was for the allies to survive as enemies, then death was the better outcome.
"For now..." Yang Xu started but stopped midsentence.
With a solemn look on his face, he looked North and his eyebrows creased in distress.
"What’s wrong?" Bing Lan asked.
"There was another explosion in the far North."
After saying that, Yang Xu looked at the lists and frowned.
"One of our allies has exploded themself and killed a bunch of enemy disciples." Li Futian said and his eyes turned a little duller.
"They should have encountered a dead end." Bing Lan said and the others understood.
In the same situation, they would also do the same.
"Let’s find other council members to discuss a way forward." Yang Xu said and walked ahead with a determined look on his face.
Less than an incense stick of time, Yang Xu, Bing Lan, Li Futian, and thirty other council members gathered in a tent hall.
"The situation is not good." Someone said the obvious.
"Six hundred allies are trying to make their way to the camp. For the time being, I think we should try to clear the way for them." Yang Xu said and everyone turned to him.
"Several of us should gather teams to clear the enemies around our camp."
"I support senior Yang’s idea. Clearing the nearby enemies will reduce danger to our camp." Lin Huang said.
"The enemies are scattered all over the valley. We should take advantage of this to kill as many enemies as we can before they begin to gather." Another person spoke.
Hearing this, many council members began to discuss among themselves.
From the beginning, the council was made up of the most powerful cultivators in the Nine Treasures secret realm.
At this moment, none of them backed down.
They knew what they had to do to survive and they were willing to do it.
"I suggest four teams. One team will go to the North and the other three will head South, West, and East." Zhu Bing said and everyone turned to him.
"Each team should have one thousand people and their main goal is to make sure there are no enemies within five hundred kilometres of our camp."
"Fellow Daoist Zhu’s plan is good." A soldier of the Border Guards nodded in approval.
"In addition, there should be scouts every one hundred kilometres. This way, we will know in time if something happens." The soldier said.
After that, a plan was quickly discussed.
According to the plan, each of the teams would be led by a core formation senior.
This time, the members of the vanguard teams would not be chosen as casually as the previous task teams.
Instead, each team would have an appropriate mix of fighters and support masters.
Those chosen to join the vanguard teams had no right to refuse and if they did, they would be dealt with accordingly.
"The plan is good but we still have a major problem." Bing Lan reminded and everyone’s mood dampened a little.
"Is there no one who knows anything about the light balls?" Someone asked but no one spoke up.
"This matter can’t be left alone. We need to capture a few live enemies." A disciple of the Gu clan spoke up and no one argued.
"I have three countermeasures." Yang Xu suddenly said.
"Countermeasures?" Someone asked.
"Senior Yang, please enlighten us." Zhu Bing said.
"The first is to obtain an antidote for the light ball poison. If we can prepare antidotes, we won’t be helpless when we encounter the light balls attack." Yang Xu started and continued before someone interrupted.
"However, preparing antidotes is easier said than done. Unless we capture an alchemist who knows the formulae, researching on our own will take too much time."
"We have killed many disciples of the Death Flower Ascension Front since the secret realm opened. Has anyone found a light ball or antidotes in the possessions of the dead?" Someone suddenly asked.
"All I have found are common antidotes."
"I have never found a light ball and the antidotes were ordinary."
The other council members echoed the same words and an incredible thought crossed some people’s minds.
"My disciple and his Taoist companion killed a pillar elder of the Death Flower Ascension Front. They took his storage ring but there was nothing special within." Yang Xu muttered and his face turned more solemn.
"Does this mean..." Someone started and swallowed in disbelief.
"Could it be that the light balls are not kept in the storage rings?" Another asked.
"In that case, what are they and where are they kept?"
"Senior, I think the matter of antidote will be more difficult than expected." Bei Chengling said and others nodded.
If the light balls and antidotes were not kept in the storage rings, it would be more difficult to find a way forward.
"Let’s keep the matter of antidote in mind but explore other options." Someone said and turned to Yang Xu.
"The second plan is gu control." Yang Xu said.
"Gu control?"
"When we can, we can capture some enemy disciples and implant them with gu worms. Afterwards, we will let them go back to their camps and explode themselves."
"This idea is good." Someone exclaimed happily and everyone felt like they had just seen the light.
If they couldn’t get close to the enemy, why not manipulate some enemy disciples?
"Of course, this requires the cooperation of the gu clan." Yang Xu said and looked at specific members of the gu clan.
"Fellow Daoist Song, can we use this plan?" Someone asked.
"It’s not easy to raise gu worms." Song Fang of the Gu clan spoke and everyone understood.
"The cooperation of the gu clan will not be ignored when it comes to dividing spoils." Someone suggested.
After that, the meeting fell into chaos.
Until now, everyone ignored the matter of war spoils but now that it was brought up, it couldn’t be ignored.
Everyone wanted to know how the spoils would be divided and it took a long time to settle the matter.
When it was settled, no one looked happy but they were all resigned to the division.
"If we are to use gu worms, we must be strategic. After all, there is a limited number of gu worms." Song Fang reminded.
"That is not the only problem." Bing Lan said and continued when everyone focused on her.
"We have to make sure the enemy doesn’t notice our plan. If they notice, it will be difficult to get the desired effect. They may even turn our plan against us."
"Fellow Daoist Bing is right. However, we can discuss the specifics after listening to the third plan."
"The third plan is also the most desperate." Yang Xu said and sighed.
"Please speak senior yang."
"The third is teleportation formations."
"Teleportation formations?" Someone asked and frowned.
"The least complex teleportation formation is the fifth level." Another reminded.
"That is why I said the method is desperate." Yang Xu said and continued.
"If we really can’t protect ourselves, our only option is to escape. However, teleportation talismans will scatter everyone and we will all fall into a more desperate situation."
"Is fellow Daoist Jiang able to arrange a teleportation formation?" Bei Chengling asked.
"He can." Yang Xu answered.
Although Jiang Yue couldn’t arrange a long-distance teleportation formation, he could arrange one for distances within ten thousand kilometres.
"Ability isn’t the only problem." A formation master said and looked at Bei Chengling for support.
